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give us a sense of how many people use them. guest: as a minute ago, i said that most of them used to be occupation-space. if you work for a government agency or a school district, you could to belong to that entity's credit union. but more more, they are becoming residential lead based. if you live or work and worship in a certain area, you can join a credit union. anybody can go open an account at any bank. anyone can now walk into any credit union and open an account, but we're sure that everyone in the country is eligible for les two or three credit unions. you just have to look to find them. host: what are some of the associations? issuers the biggest question mark guest: is the biggest in the world. government employees, credit unions, basically any large employer typically has a credit union. and what has happened recently is smaller employers will associate with a larger credit union. for instance, a credit union that serves a fairly large company may serve employees of dozens or hundreds of smaller entities and a local
give us a sense of how many people use them. guest: as a minute ago, i said that most of them used to be occupation-space. if you work for a government agency or a school district, you could to belong to that entity's credit union. but more more, they are becoming residential lead based. if you live or work and worship in a certain area, you can join a credit union. anybody can go open an account at any bank. anyone can now walk into any credit union and open an account, but we're sure that...
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funds are fungible and would allow the use of other funds for the use of abortion. he is called into an -- i called for an investigation into planned parenthood. guest: for many years, after the hyde amendment was adopted, there was strict auditing and accounting guidelines of and no federal funding was spent for abortions. but mr. stern send some of the other people to the far right of their party think that is if you get money for cancer screening and for checkups and for birth control, that allows you to use other money for abortion somehow. that is a false premise. frankly, for millions and millions of americans, their only access to prevention and to health care is through a planned parenthood clinic. i am not talking about abortion. i'm talking about cancer screening. if you eliminate funding for planned parenthood for the important healthcare services that women need, they will not be able to get those services. i have tried to explain this to my republican colleagues over and over again. and they do not seem to understand it. what plan parent hidden does is
funds are fungible and would allow the use of other funds for the use of abortion. he is called into an -- i called for an investigation into planned parenthood. guest: for many years, after the hyde amendment was adopted, there was strict auditing and accounting guidelines of and no federal funding was spent for abortions. but mr. stern send some of the other people to the far right of their party think that is if you get money for cancer screening and for checkups and for birth control, that...
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caller: koran regulations are killing us. the taxes -- the regulations are killing us. the taxes are terrible. guest: i could not agree with you more. i will make a comment about the political process. the money that is raised to support candidates for office is already from the american people. it does not come from any other source. american support their candidates. i noted that president barack obama's campaign raised something like $70 million in the last quarter. these are huge numbers. i am a speck of dust compared to these huge numbers. but it gets back to why i am sitting here today in washington, d.c., instead of new hampshire, where i would rather be. sorry. i left politics for years ago. i never thought i would say my name on the ballot again. i was sitting there as a businessman and a citizen and i could not believe that anybody would vote for a budget that we would allow our nation's debt to exceed our of gdp. i have two children, 17 and 20 years old. i do not think if we do not change the retain that there will be any future for them. i am not sitting her
caller: koran regulations are killing us. the taxes -- the regulations are killing us. the taxes are terrible. guest: i could not agree with you more. i will make a comment about the political process. the money that is raised to support candidates for office is already from the american people. it does not come from any other source. american support their candidates. i noted that president barack obama's campaign raised something like $70 million in the last quarter. these are huge numbers. i...
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i believe the filibuster is being used -- charity of the minority has been used, presented to us. i know senator harkin has been trying for many years to change the situation. he has been unable to because it is inconvenient for both parties. i hope c-span could do a program about this. i really think our nation is in danger because we are coming up with some-optimal solutions, asked thomas friedman says. guest: i agree with you. there are some changes that should be made to the filibuster rule. i do believe there is a reasonable amount of time that people ought to have debate in the senate, but once that time has elapsed -- and that was part of the harkin proposal -- you need to have a majority vote to get things through the united states senate. he elections matter, elections cow when you have a majority. we ought to change the rules so that the majority can work its will. host: congressman schakowsky represents illinois. alfred. are you there? go-ahead with your question for the congressman. caller: thank you. good morning. i just want to ask you -- first of all, the philosophy
i believe the filibuster is being used -- charity of the minority has been used, presented to us. i know senator harkin has been trying for many years to change the situation. he has been unable to because it is inconvenient for both parties. i hope c-span could do a program about this. i really think our nation is in danger because we are coming up with some-optimal solutions, asked thomas friedman says. guest: i agree with you. there are some changes that should be made to the filibuster...
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are divisions within us. look at the evangelist who hail against this and that and suddenly turns out to be doing this and that. this is a complex human thing. we've got the best set of rules, however imperfect they may be. they call it sausage making over at the capitol, you know, about legislation. want to see how it's made, but it sure tastes good. we end up with a democracy in which there's lots of sausage making going on. and prohibition is one of those great examples, trying to figure out how to do right. alcoholism is still a big problem in the united states what are we going to do? >> sarah, jacksonville, florida, democratic caller. the conversation. guest: good morning, sarah. caller: good morning. thank you so much. being an outdoors person, i loved your documentary on national parks. guest: i'm so glad. thank you. caller: here in florida we have governor scott who wants to privatize our state parks. but my question is, many years ago my husband and i were protesting against the invasion of iraq. an
are divisions within us. look at the evangelist who hail against this and that and suddenly turns out to be doing this and that. this is a complex human thing. we've got the best set of rules, however imperfect they may be. they call it sausage making over at the capitol, you know, about legislation. want to see how it's made, but it sure tastes good. we end up with a democracy in which there's lots of sausage making going on. and prohibition is one of those great examples, trying to figure out...
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tell us more about this. guest: that was greeted in the original legislation in 2005 -- created in the original legislation in 2005. none of those loans have been finalized. there have been several conditional commitment. they are still going through the final stages. that can be for a broader sweep the technologies -- suite of technologies. 1703 loans -- the biggest commitment was announced by president obama in 2010. it is an $8.3 billion loan to a very large utility. that is to build two new nuclear reactors at an existing nuclear reactor in georgia. that has not been finalized yet. that is part of this effort to help spur nuclear renaissance, if you will. i am not sure how far that renaissance is going to get. your idea -- the idea is that there has not been a new nuclear reactor built in years. they are very expensive technologies. host: this mentions reactors in georgia. our first call for ben geman comes from georgia, on our line for republicans. caller: thank you. related to the solyndra loan, since t
tell us more about this. guest: that was greeted in the original legislation in 2005 -- created in the original legislation in 2005. none of those loans have been finalized. there have been several conditional commitment. they are still going through the final stages. that can be for a broader sweep the technologies -- suite of technologies. 1703 loans -- the biggest commitment was announced by president obama in 2010. it is an $8.3 billion loan to a very large utility. that is to build two new...